Writing about home

In his lyrical debut, A Land More Kind Than Home, North Carolina author Wiley Cash uses multiple perspectives to tell the story of an event that divides a community. Here, he talks about the importance of place in fiction, the power of faith and what he’s working on next. You were raised in the evangelical church. How did that factor...

The darkness of small-town North Carolina

Jess Hall will never forget what he saw while peering into the church that day. Sheriff Clem Barfield is determined to find out exactly what happened inside those walls. And when all is said and done, town midwife Adelaide Lyle finally feels like the church is again a place of sanctuary.Strange goings-on at River Road Church of Christ in Signs Following have been taking place ever since...

Posted by Cat on February 21, 2013

Author Wiley Cash is currently on tour for the paperback release of his novel, A Land More Kind Than Home. Last night, he came through Nashville for an evening of bedazzled suits and good music.The event was held at Manuel Couture, a rhinestone cowboy's paradise, filled with those studded, glittering suits that feel indicative of country music. Elvis’ signature gold lamé suit? That was from...